Personal Background

In addition to his current responsibilities, Brian has also served as President of Pacific Union/GMACNorth Bay. At PU/GMAC-NB he had responsibility for 3 offices (St. Helena, Sonoma and Santa Rosa) in Sonoma and Napa counties. Previous to this position, Brian was Executive Vice President/General Sales Manager at Frank Howard Allen Realtors where his responsibility included managing 12 branches and 350 Independent Sales Associates.

Prior to that assignment, Brian spent 4 years as VP/Branch Manager of the Santa Rosa office of Frank Howard Allen where he had responsibility over an office that was affiliated with 45 Sales Associates, mortgage lending and insurance services. Over the past 14 years, he has gained extensive experience in residential, commercial, land, income property, vineyard, and development projects in the North Bay. In Brian’s first year in real estate sales he was awarded rookie of the year.

Brian spent two years in Los Angeles in film and television production before embarking on his real estate career. The prior seven years were spent establishing and building an enterprise serving the commercial, television and film production business along with two partners in New York City. This enterprise employed a staff of 45 and had annual sales of over $2 million. He also worked and traveled extensively in Western Europe and Japan. Brian started his career as a Marketing Representative for A.B. Dick Co. in the Information Systems Division in 1982.

Brian is a graduate of the Business School at Arizona State University with a specialization in marketing and where he was a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society.

Community Involvement:

• Board of Directors: Santa Rosa Chapter of REALTORS®
• BAREIS MLS Board of Directors
• Sonoma County Grape Growers Association
• Bennett Valley Grape Growers
• CRB Designation

Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Realty are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Coldwell Banker.

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